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    "ocrText": "-13-\nwhether the Council would make the same or an opposite statement\nwith respect to the male component. Another said that the\nsentence suggests that women workers reduce the number of\njobs available to men.\n22. In response to these observations it was pointed out that\nit is not possible to demonstrate that there would be a\nretardation in the economy if the proportion of women in paid\nemployment remained stable. The Council was simply trying to\nindicate that the economy requires certain kinds of trained\n4 D\npersons, but it cannot be argued that these persons must be\nwomen. It is true that almost all men who are able to work\nare in the labor force today, and, therefore, if additional\npersons are needed, they would most likely be women. However,\nthe presence of so many other variables- a declining work week,\nthe differential growth in automation, etc. --make it impossible\nto predict the shifts in employment or to determine accurately\nthe need for additional workers, except on a very short-run\nbasis. The concensus of the group, however, was that this\npoint could be made in a less rejudicial way by emphasizing\nthat there were no compelling reasons at the present time for\nurging an increase in the female or any other component of the\nlabor force."
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